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- Code Number:
- MYNV17P08_03
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USS Momsen (DDG 92), Arleigh Burke class, Guided Missile Destroyer - DDG
- USS MOMSEN is the 14th Flight IIA ARLEIGH BURKE - class guided missile destroyer and the Navy's first ship to honor Vice Admiral Charles Bowers "Swede" Momsen, who is best known for his efforts in the successful rescue of 33 crew members and the subsequent salvage of submarine USS SQUALUS after she sank in 240 feet of water in May 1939. He received a commendation from President Franklin D. Roosevelt for these actions.
General Characteristics: Awarded: March 6, 1998 Keel laid: November 16, 2001 Launched: August 9, 2003 Commissioned: August 28, 2004 Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines Propellers: two Length: 508,5 feet (155 meters) Beam: 67 feet (20.4 meters) Draft: 30,5 feet (9.3 meters) Displacement: approx. 9,200 tons full load Speed: 32 knots Aircraft: two SH-60 (LAMPS 3) helicopters Armament: one Mk-45 5"/62 caliber lightweight gun, two Mk-41 VLS for Standard missiles and Tomahawk ASM/LAM, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, two Mk-32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk-50 and Mk-46 torpedoes Homeport: San Diego, Calif. Crew: approx. 380
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Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer, (Aegis Combat System), warship, ship, vessel, USN, United States Navy, DDG, SPY-1D multi-function phased array radar., Golden Gate Bridge, Suspension Bridge, GGB, Landmark, coastal, PCH, Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
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- Wernher Krutein
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